ne more "Andorian"
style ship for the pile of similar ships; I re-drew the design in 2008 at the
request of someone from the BBS. Overall, this proved to be one of the
tougher re-draws I have done, simply because the
original forward, side, and top-down
views didn't agree with one another very well. As with so many TMP-type
Federation ships from FASA, the original lifts a lot from the TMP-era
Enterprise.I kept the nacelles and bridge and sensor modules
at same-scale from the TMP-Constitution Refit, but free-drew the rest.
Several additions had to be made, most notably the placement of a shuttle hangar
(the aft structure on the dorsal saucer view seemed the most logical site for
this) and incorporation of impulse decks at the aft ends of each secondary
bi-hull unit. The vertical surfaces of the bi-hulled engineering sections
also needed "window decorating" and I added some standard circular pod/gangway
hatched, which had been totally absent before. Finally,the wing-like
sponsons seemed a natural home for not only torpedo tubes, but the phaser banks
as well; otherwise I attempted to remain as true to the original as I could,
with a little artistic license.
The original FASA ship
performs pretty well during game play thanks to its strong power--on the Mk
II--and its torpedoes. Like the Larson, this ship does okay by itself
against really old Romulan cruisers and really old Klingon destroyers/cruisers.
Against more modern and tougher competition these ships work best in groups.
Shields are not as strong as they could be, but you won't care because you'll
need the juice for phasers.
Because of its relative modernity, I
statted out three additional models, for inter-series play, post-Kirk.
One final note. Is it just me,
or is this class named after the House Atreides mentat? Can't be a
coincidence!

From the FASA Star Trek FEDERATION SHIP RECOGNITION MANUAL, circa 1985
Thufir Class VIII - X Destroyer
NOTES: Of the 374 Thufir Class destroyers built, 192 Mk Is and 136 Mk Ills remain in active service, with 6 Mk Is in reserve fleets.
Of the remainder, 1 Mk III is used by Star Fleet Training Command, 26 Mk Is and 8 Mk Ills have been destroyed; 1 Mk III is listed as missing; 1 Mk I and 2 Mk Ills have been scrapped; and 1 Mk I has been sold to civilian commercial concerns.
The Thufir, an Andorian design, is produced at the Morena and Salazaar shipyards at a combined rate of 15 per year.